An Unusual Presentation of Parvimonas micra Infective Endocarditis

Parvimonas micra has been identified as a prominent oral pathogen. This organism has been implicated in periodontal, soft tissue and bone infections. It causes a subacute presentation with high morbidity. We present a case of severe infective endocarditis caused by Parvimonas micra requiring valvula...

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Autores principales: Ho, Dawn, Ang, Grace, Er, Chaozer, Yap, Siew Fei, Meyyur Aravamudan, Veeraraghavan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30555762
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3447
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author Ho, Dawn
Ang, Grace
Er, Chaozer
Yap, Siew Fei
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description Parvimonas micra has been identified as a prominent oral pathogen. This organism has been implicated in periodontal, soft tissue and bone infections. It causes a subacute presentation with high morbidity. We present a case of severe infective endocarditis caused by Parvimonas micra requiring valvular surgery despite appropriate antibiotics. To our knowledge, this is the second case report of Parvimonas micra infective endocarditis since its reclassification in 2006.
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spelling pubmed-62942782018-12-15 An Unusual Presentation of Parvimonas micra Infective Endocarditis Ho, Dawn Ang, Grace Er, Chaozer Yap, Siew Fei Meyyur Aravamudan, Veeraraghavan Cureus Cardiology Parvimonas micra has been identified as a prominent oral pathogen. This organism has been implicated in periodontal, soft tissue and bone infections. It causes a subacute presentation with high morbidity. We present a case of severe infective endocarditis caused by Parvimonas micra requiring valvular surgery despite appropriate antibiotics. To our knowledge, this is the second case report of Parvimonas micra infective endocarditis since its reclassification in 2006. Cureus 2018-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6294278/ /pubmed/30555762 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3447 Text en Copyright © 2018, Ho et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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